Diagnostic Devices Tenders and Contracts

Diagnostic device tenders cover in vitro diagnostic devices, blood testing reagents and haematology analysers, together with related test kits and analyser consumables. Maintenance and calibration contracts for the same equipment are included too.

Stotles brings together diagnostic devices tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Analysers, reagents and point of care tests are often called off from NHS Supply Chain's laboratory diagnostics and pathology managed services frameworks, so many orders reach only suppliers already on them.

Diagnostic device tenders are scored on analytical performance, reagent and consumable costs, service response and uptime, connectivity to laboratory systems, and training. Managed pathology services run for several years, so whole-life cost matters as much as the analyser price.

In vitro diagnostic devices must carry UKCA or CE marking and be registered with the MHRA, and laboratories expect suppliers to support UKAS accreditation to ISO 15189. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar supply contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

NHS trusts and hospital pathology departments are common buyers, alongside blood transfusion services procuring analysers and reagents for donor testing. Public health bodies also buy diagnostic kits for screening and surveillance work.

Read pathology and laboratory strategies, analyser replacement plans, point of care testing programmes and expiry dates for existing reagent contracts, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the trusts behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Diagnostic device notices carry 33696500 (Laboratory reagents), 33124110 (Diagnostic systems) and 33141625 (Diagnostic kits).